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Flyers coach Craig Berube has a simple reason for why he hasn't given Vincent Lecavalier a lot of playing time this season.

"He just hasn't produced and he gets power-play time, too," Berube said. "He hasn't produced." Lecavalier has just seven goals and 18 points in 51 contests this season. At the same time he's been limited to 12:47 minutes per contest, so the fact that his production is down isn't surprising. At any rate, Lecavalier needs a change of scenery, but we doubt he'll get one given his cap hit and the fact that he won't be an unrestricted free agent until 2018. Mar 27 - 6:01 PM

Lecavalier has routinely been listed as a healthy scratch this season, but he might play in the remainder of the Flyers' games. That's because Wayne Simmonds (leg) is done for the season. Lecavalier has seven goals and 18 points in 51 contests. Mar 27 - 11:35 AM

It will be Lecavalier's third consecutive game as a healthy scratch. The Flyers would presumably love to trade Lecavalier over the summer and a change of scenery would likely do him some good. However, the Flyers probably won't find a taker for his contract, so short of a buyout, he appears to be stuck with them. Mar 25 - 11:29 AM

Vincent Lecavalier and Matt Read will be scratched against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

While Read continues to be with his wife Erin in Minnesota with their first child, a daughter, Roen Brittan, Lecavalier is mired in a 26-game goal drought. Another difficult season continues for the long-time veteran Lecavalier who has just seven goals and 18 points through 51 games this season. Mar 19 - 8:04 PM

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Lecavalier has routinely been listed as a healthy scratch this season, but he might play in the remainder of the Flyers' games. That's because Wayne Simmonds (leg) is done for the season. Lecavalier has seven goals and 18 points in 51 contests.

It will be Lecavalier's third consecutive game as a healthy scratch. The Flyers would presumably love to trade Lecavalier over the summer and a change of scenery would likely do him some good. However, the Flyers probably won't find a taker for his contract, so short of a buyout, he appears to be stuck with them.

Vincent Lecavalier and Matt Read will be scratched against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

While Read continues to be with his wife Erin in Minnesota with their first child, a daughter, Roen Brittan, Lecavalier is mired in a 26-game goal drought. Another difficult season continues for the long-time veteran Lecavalier who has just seven goals and 18 points through 51 games this season.

Vincent Lecavalier had an assist in his return to the Flyers lineup Saturday.

The center has been a healthy scratch in the previous four games. He has seven goals and 17 points in 45 games and has a contract that should prove to be untradeable at the deadline as he is still owed $10.5 million over the next three years with a $4.5 million salary cap hit.

Vincent Lecavalier will skate on the Flyers' fourth line on Saturday night against their rival Rangers.

Lecavalier will skate to the right of Chris VandeVelde and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, after sitting the past four games. Lecavalier is posting his second straight disappointing season with Philadelphia with just seven goals and 16 points in 44 games.

Vincent Lecavalier, Carlo Colaiacovo, and Luke Schenn will all be scratched against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

This will be Lecavalier and Schenn's fourth consecutive game in the stands, as their mates make a late playoff push. Colaiacovo meanwhile has just 15 games to his credit, albeit nine since Jan. 14th. Of the three, only Schenn has some fantasy value with a 163 hits and 67 blocks in just 47 games this season.

Vincent Lecavalier, Carlo Colaiacovo, and Luke Schenn will all be scratched against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

It'll be Lecavalier and Schenn's third straight scratch, while Colaiacovo has just 15 games to his credit on the season. Of the three, only Schenn has some fantasy value with a 163 hits and 67 blocks in just 47 games this season.

Do not be surprised if Vincent Lecavalier is a healthy scratch Saturday.

Lecavalier was replaced in the lineup by Zac Rinaldo who will see his first game action in 11 contests on Saturday, likely leaving Lecavalier as the odd-man out. Stay tuned as Lecavalier has only seven goals and 16 points in 44 games.

Vinny Lecavalier notched two assists for the Flyers in their 3-2 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night.

Lecavalier had just two points in the 12 games prior to this one. He would be a great mid-season pickup for your fantasy playoff push if it were 2006. At the present though, the veteran has just 16 points in 38 games.

Vincent Lecavalier potted a goal for the Flyers in their 5-2 loss to the Devils on Saturday night.

The days of Lecavalier as one of the premiere pass-first centers in the game are long gone, which is a shame because he was quite fun to watch in his prime. The 34-year-old does have points in three straight games, however, good for 12 on the season. Andrew MacDonald also scored and assisted in the loss. Wayne Simmonds had five penalty minutes a minus-one rating.

The assist gives Lecavalier five points in his last seven games as he had scored four times in the previous six contests. Lecavalier now has six goals and 11 points in 24 games. Use him at your own risk.

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Claude Giroux scored twice for the Flyers, who came up short in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Oilers on Saturday night.

The Flyers captain has goals in back-to-back games and points in three games in a row. His 21 goals seem low, mostly due to the fact he has a 8.2 percent shooting percentage. Michael Raffl and Ryan White notched the other goals. Jakub Voracek tallied three helpers.

Philadelphia center Ryan White had a goal and assisted on another in the Flyers' 5-2 loss to the Devils in New Jersey Sunday.

In 19 games this season, White has three goals and five assists. Michael Raffl also scored for the Flyers, who never led this game. Raffl's goal came while the Flyers were shorthanded at 11:44 of the third period. It was his 16th goal of the season.

VandeVelde scored only once last season in 46 games so his nine goals in 56 games this season is a vast improvement. He has 15 points this season so unless you are in a very, very, very deep league, he should not be on your team.

Cousins was credited with a shot on goal and a hit. "Fast game out there tonight and he looked like he had the pace for it," Flyers coach Craig Berube said of Cousins. "Competitive guy. Strong on the puck. He played a real solid game." Cousins has 21 goals and 55 points in 60 AHL games this season.

Flyers coach Craig Berube has a simple reason for why he hasn't given Vincent Lecavalier a lot of playing time this season.

"He just hasn't produced and he gets power-play time, too," Berube said. "He hasn't produced." Lecavalier has just seven goals and 18 points in 51 contests this season. At the same time he's been limited to 12:47 minutes per contest, so the fact that his production is down isn't surprising. At any rate, Lecavalier needs a change of scenery, but we doubt he'll get one given his cap hit and the fact that he won't be an unrestricted free agent until 2018.

Matt Read recorded two assists in a 4-1 win against Chicago on Wednesday.

Read has seven goals and 29 points in 73 contests in 2014-15. His best season offensively remains his 2011-2012 rookie campaign (47 points). He'll turn 29 in June and we don't expect him to be worth drafting in standard fantasy leagues for the 2015-16 campaign.

Zac Rinaldo will be scratched against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

Due to both a suspension and multiple scratches Rinaldo has seen just nine games in 2015, but has been an effective fantasy goon in that time with 55 PIMs and 40 hits. For the season, he has 92 PIMs and 140 hits in just 40 games.

R.J. Umberger will undergo surgery on his hip and abdominal muscles and miss the rest of the season.

Well, at least we now know why Umberger was laboring and had not scored in his last 18 games. He had nine goals this season with six assists. "I think the biggest thing that’s bothered me is just that I feel like I’ve let Ron Hextall down," Umberger said on Tuesday. "He believed in me, bringing me here, and I feel I haven’t been the player he needs." He will get a chance to redeem himself next season.

Jakub Voracek might become the first Philadelphia Flyers player to win the Art Ross Trophy.

Eric Lindros came the closest with 70 points in 1995. That was enough to tie Jaromir Jagr at the top of the scoring race, but Lindros loss the Art Ross Trophy because he had fewer goals. This time around Voracek is three points behind Sidney Crosby in the scoring race. Voracek has 21 goals and 76 points in 76 games.

Wayne Simmonds fractured his left leg in the Flyers 4-1 win over Chicago on Wednesday and will be out for the rest of the season.

The Flyers official website broke the news that he and Andrew MacDonald were going to be out for the remainder of the season. Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia later reported that Simmonds fractured his left leg while McDonald has a fractured right hand. Simmonds' 28 goals leads the Flyers as does his 14 power-play goals, which also ranks third overall in the NHL. He also has 22 assists for a total of 50 points, having appeared in all 75 games for the Flyers this season.

Raffl tipped in a nice slap pass from Claude Giroux for the Flyers' only score on the evening. With 17 goals in his second year in the NHL, Raffl is an interesting dynasty prospect to look at. He was playing with Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux tonight which makes him relevant in the fantasy world right now. His 17 goals in 57 games is a very nice jump from nine in 68 games in his rookie season last year.

Andrew MacDonald is out for the rest of the season after fracturing his right hand in 4-1 win over Chicago on Wednesday.

It was first reported as a upper-body injury but Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia reported that it was a fractured right hand. MacDonald has appeared in 58 of 75 games for the Flyers, recording two goals and 10 assists for 12 points while averaging exactly 20 minutes of ice-time per-game.

Michael Del Zotto played 30:18 in Saturday's 3-2 shootout loss to San Jose.

The Flyers were in big trouble as Mark Streit and Carlo Colaiacovo were out with the flu and Luke Schenn and Andrew MacDonald were out with injuries so Del Zotto picked up a lot of the slack. Rookie Brandon Manning played 25:07 while the Flyers called up a couple of rookies in Mark Alt and Oliver Lauridsen to fill out the blueline.

Radko Gudas (knee) isn't expected to return before the end of the 2014-15 campaign.

Gudas was acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday as part of the Braydon Coburn trade. He's a physical, defensive defenseman that's also capable of chipping in offensively and should be a significant part of Philadelphia's blueline next season.

Manning will help fill the void left by Andrew MacDonald, who will miss the rest of the season with a hand injury. Manning has 43 points and 150 penalty minutes in 58 AHL contests in 2014-15. The 24-year-old defenseman is worth keeping an eye on as he might have some fantasy value for what little is left of the season.

Chris Pronger has officially joined the NHL's department of player safety.

We've long since known that Pronger's players days are unfortunately over. He will continue to get paid by the Flyers, as per his contract, despite the fact that he will also be working for the league.

Ray Emery yielded five goals on 34 shots in the Flyers’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Oilers on Saturday night.

Called upon at the last minute with Steve Mason ill at the start, Emery allowed a goal 51 seconds into the game, and three in the first period. He offers very little upside, even considering his role as a backup. Emery has a 3.08 goals-against average and .894 save percentage.